Code reviewMediumcr-g005

Subject Context cancellationLevel Mid–Senior~22 minCommon in Networking & APIs interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Go helper that fetches with a per-call timeout.

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1func fetch(url string) ([]byte, error) {2	ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)3	req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", url, nil)4	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)5	if err != nil {6		return nil, err7	}8	return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)9}

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